Business Desk Stocks opened week upward on Sunday with all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges finishing upwards on higher activities of large-cap securities. Major sectors including food and allied, insurance and service and real estate finished higher…
Month long Jasim Pollimela (village fair) concluded on Saturday evening here at the premises of poet Jasimuddin’s ancestral home at Gobindapur in the suburb of the town. Faridpur Jasim Foundation and District Administration organised the fair coinciding the 114th birth…
Technology firms must up their game in tackling “fake news”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for a major public information campaign. “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of…
Cultural Desk Innovative and out-of-the-box contents are the reasons why magazine ‘Panchforon’ is liked by the viewers for about a decade now. Fagun Audio Vision’s brainchild magazine show ‘Panchforon’ focusing on special occasions only, will now take on the Valentine’s…
Cultural Desk Oscar winning music director A.R. Rahman, reportedly set to make his directorial debut along with a Toronto-based company, says he wants to look into artistic tie-ups between India and Canada. Rahman on Tuesday night took to Facebook to…
Entertainment Desk Bangladesh is the latest entry in Asia’s top model hunting platform Asia Model Festival, and is getting ready for this year’s biggest modeling and fashion event in the country through the platform ‘Face of Bangladesh’. A three year…
Cultural Correspondent Chekhov Studio, the theatre troupe attached to the Museum-estate of Anton Chekhov, is set to stage Chekhov’s plays at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on February 9 and 10 on invitation from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The…
IU Correspondent The first Law Alumni Council-2017 of Law and Muslim Jurisprudence Department was held at Islamic University (IU) campus here on Thursday. Law and Muslim Jurisprudence Department organized the day long programmes on the occasion. The alumni and current…
Protesting Uber drivers circled Taiwan’s transport ministry Friday as the ride-hailing app halted operations on the island following an impasse with the government which deems the service illegal. The US firm announced last week that it would suspend business in…
Which diva will the music industry select for its top honors? Adele, who conquered the charts with time-tested ballads of heartache, or Beyonce, who has crafted an edgier, confident sound? The two singers face off in three top categories Sunday…
Entertainment Desk Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi, who will reprise the much-loved character of ‘Circuit’ in the third film in the Munnabhai franchise, said the script for the third installment is ready. “Rajkumar Hirani spoke to me. He gave an idea…
If you’re a rice lover you might benefit from this healthier way to cook it. A new study suggests that before eating rice, soak it overnight to reduce the chances of increase in heart disease, diabetes and cancer. According to…
Culture Desk Asif Akbar and Fahmida Nabi have sung together for a song for the first time in history. The song “Omon Kore Takiyo Naa Bhalobasha Hoye Jabe” will be released on February 14. Recording of the song in currently…
Nissan said Thursday it is pressing ahead with plans for a new plant in Mexico, despite US President Donald Trump rapping rival Toyota over a factory in the Latin American country. Nissan and Daimler broke ground in 2015 on the…
One of the world’s largest talent agencies has scrapped its pre-Oscars party in protest at President Donald Trump’s travel ban, vowing instead to donate to civil rights groups, reports said Wednesday. Hollywood’s United Talent Agency (UTA), which has 300 agents…
The farmers are now happy over excellent litchi flowering with a hope of getting bumper production of the juiciest fleshy fruit this season in eights northern districts under Rangpur division. With advent of the spring at the eve of departure…
Culture Desk Daag, a Bangladeshi short film will become the first short to be selected for screening in the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be shown in the upcoming 70th edition of the annual festival between May 17…
Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which are set to worsen with global warming, scientists reported Wednesday. Their research, published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, offers the best explanation of why the…
British rock star Sting and American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter were on Tuesday awarded the 2017 Swedish Polar Music Prize for their innovative contributions to music. The prestigious award was founded in 1989 by Swedish pop group ABBA’s late manager…
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic…
Tokyo stocks slipped Wednesday morning as an uptick in the yen hit exporters while energy shares dropped on falling oil prices. Japan’s main equity markets opened in positive territory on the back of a rise in New York, where the…
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic…
As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the US electrical grid could be unable to meet peak energy needs by century’s end, researchers warned Monday. The cost to upgrade the US electrical grid…
China will test how its largest solar drone performs near-space flight this year, according to the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) Tuesday. With a wingspan of more than 40 meters, wider than that of a Boeing 737 passenger plane,…
Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record low of 1.50 percent Tuesday but soft inflation and growth figures kept the door open for future cuts. The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed rates 300 basis points between November 2011…
Culture Desk Tarik Anam Khan will publish his second book in the ongoing book fair. The book named “Natak Samagra” is expected to be launched today. This will be his second book. His first book “Konjus” was released in 1985.…
It has become sort of a trend for the makers to release the deleted scenes or songs after the film has been released. However, you won’t mind the two deleted scenes from the much-loved slice of life movie, Dear Zindagi.…
Culture Desk Actress Bobita has fallen as the second victim of theft by house help. It has been reported that the two maid-servants of her house Pinki and Yasmin have gone missing since February 1. Pinki went off from Bobita’s…
In a latest discovery, a study has found out that why some women with healthy BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes develop cancer. The new study, published in Oncotarget states that defects in a key gene – long thought to drive cancer…
Cultural Desk A fund raising concert has been arranged for underprivileged children at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) recently. Different cultural organizations including film starts and singers performed in the programme. Haider Hussain and Ayub Bachchu performed at a fund…